I’ve been homeless both in “high-crime” and in “low-crime” areas of the U.S.; “high-crime” has actually been easier despite all the problems, because in the “low-crime” area, the cops would actually try to enforce anti-vagrancy laws. Multiple times, I was woken up by cops and told to vacate an area that was out-of-the-way and vacant except for me. They credibly threatened to keep doing this until I “got to a shelter”, despite the fact that all the area shelters were full. If I hadn’t moved somewhere with less enforcement, I imagine they would have charged me [ to try and force my family or someone else to take me back in ] and/or tried to institutionalize me.
I’ve been homeless both in “high-crime” and in “low-crime” areas of the U.S.; “high-crime” has actually been easier despite all the problems, because in the “low-crime” area, the cops would actually try to enforce anti-vagrancy laws. Multiple times, I was woken up by cops and told to vacate an area that was out-of-the-way and vacant except for me. They credibly threatened to keep doing this until I “got to a shelter”, despite the fact that all the area shelters were full. If I hadn’t moved somewhere with less enforcement, I imagine they would have charged me [ to try and force my family or someone else to take me back in ] and/or tried to institutionalize me.